Pray for Mark Driscoll

He writes:

I write this blog while flying somewhere over the United States late on a Thursday night heading home from a conference in the great nation of Texas. I have blogged very little thus far in 2007 as I have been playing hurt in terms of my health. I have been pushing it for ten years since Mars Hill Church opened up, and the end of last year was a particularly rough patch. I was looking forward to a few weeks off after Christmas to catch up on sleep. Sadly, what happened is that I would be very tired and go to bed at a decent hour only to wake up a few hours later, unable to return to sleep. I was not stressed out or thinking, but it seemed something was physically wrong. Even sleeping pills were of little to no help and by the end of the holidays I was exhausted, having slept an average of perhaps three hours a night. A naturopath said I had overextended myself and worn out my adrenal glands (which regulate my sympathetic nervous system). The result of basically a decade of perpetual stress and a final taxing season was that I was exhausted all day—I literally had blurred vision and would fall asleep quickly only to wake up a few hours later, unable to sleep again. So, I have been conserving energy for my family and church, but some Sundays are brutal. I find myself nodding off on the side of the stage before one of the four services I preach live.

Later on he writes:

So, although I am limping along, I am encouraged. God has been gracious enough to bring into my life at just the right time some very wise and helpful people who have given me gifts of wisdom, permission, and perspective. My prayer is that I might now unify all of this into a more comprehensive and wise life plan that I can execute so as to be as fruitful as possible for as many years as Jesus grants me and, in turn, share that wisdom with other leaders. Through it all, I am deeply thankful for the kindness that has been extended to me. It has somehow become vogue in some circles to simply criticize megachurch pastors, but my experience with some leading pastors of large churches has been incredible humility, kindness, hospitality, encouragement, and support, which has been convicting and heartening.

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